BUDGET 2018-19: HIGHLIGHTS
Personal Income Tax rates unchanged; Rs. 40k standard deduction in lieu of present exemption: FM Senior citizens can claim benefit of reduction Rs. 50,000/ year w.r.t any general health expenditure…
Sushma Swaraj to embark on two-day visit to Nepal
AMN / NEW DELHI External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will embark on a two day visit to Nepal today. She will hold discussions with various political leaders on issues of…
Budget 2018-19: Jaitley has tough task ahead
AMN Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will present the Union Budget in Parliament Thursday. This year’s budget session is crucial as it comes after government’s two very big financial decisions –…
Cong demands Independent SIT probe into deaths of Judge Loya
Agencies / New Delhi Congress party on Wednesday demanded a probe by an Independent SIT, monitored by the Supreme Court, into the case related to deaths of Judge Brijgopal Harkishan…
6.1 earthquake jolts northern India, epicenter in Afghanistan
AMN Tremor felt in north India particularly in Delhi and neighbouring Haryana and Punjab as a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan today. The quake was also felt in Jammu and…
Govt reverses decision to issue orange passport
AMN /NEW DELHI Ministry of External Affairs has decided to continue with the current practice of printing of the last page of the passport and not to issue a separate…
Call for one nation, one election is also jumla: Chidambaram
AMN / New Delhi Senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday said just as the talk of ‘one nation one tax’ by the NDA government…
Rajnath slams Pakistan for continuously violating ceasefire agreement
ONKAR SINGH / NEW DELHI Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has slammed Pakistan for continuously violating the ceasefire agreement with India. He said Islamabad should not misinterpret powerful India’s decency.…
Elections to take place in Nagaland as scheduled: CEO
AMN Nagaland Chief Electoral Officer, CEO, Abhijit Sinha Tuesday said that , electioneering for the next month’s Assembly elections in the state will begin as scheduled by the Election Commission…
UP: CM Yogi warns of strict action against rioters
Centre seeks detailed report from state govt on Kasganj violence AMN Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today warned of strict action against the perpetrators of violence and said those…